• May 21, 2024

Products and Partnerships Roundup

Several organizations made announcements in the past week unveiling new or updated RPA or automation solutions or partnerships. Process intelligence provider ABBYY and Bizagi, a software provider that enables companies to …

RPA Reads

All indications to the contrary, information printed in ink on dead trees has not completely vanished, even in the advanced world of AI, RPA and automation. Three books on the topic …

RPA, Process Mining Providers Make List of Top Cloud Companies

Cloud computing has become a significant part of the software ecosystem across just about every industry, RPA included. Each year, Forbes, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, ranks the …

U.S. Government Contractor Acquires RPA Specialist

Alpha Omega Integration, a Washington, D.C.-area software consultancy working mainly with the federal government, has acquired Reston. Va.-based RPA specialist Confiance Group. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. At …

Salesforce to Enter RPA Space?

In the past year, several enterprise software behemoths have entered the RPA space through acquisition or significantly bolstered their presence including Microsoft, IBM and SAP. Published reports indicate that another software …

Gartner: Large Vendors Make Inroads in RPA

Last year, for the first time, Gartner produced a “Magic Quadrant” for RPA—a sign that, as a sector, the automation technology has entered the mainstream of business thinking. This year, the …

Covid-19 Causing ‘New Wave of Digitalization,’ Says Report

Executives in emerging markets are looking to intelligent automation to provide productivity and resilience with Covid-19 in mind, according to a new report from Automation Anywhere. The report from the Bangalore, …

Report: Covid Drives RPA Surge in APAC

In a short period of time, Covid-19 has changed the nature of work. Many businesses continued with limited staffs or were forced to furlough or even lay off employees. As companies …

Nearshoring to Tap RPA Talent

In the earliest days of RPA (a whole half-decade ago), some thought of the technology as a competitor to, if not an outright replacement for, offshoring. The notion was logical: offshoring …

Banks Use RPA for PPP

The U.S. Congress is in the midst of passing an additional stimulus package that will reinvigorate the quickly-depleted Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans for small businesses. One of the problems that …